Trump v. Slaughter · ¶79

Because the FTC’s activities fall well within the heartland of executive power, we have no occasion today to define the bounds of what such power entails. As our precedents recognize, not all offices created by Congress necessarily come with executive or even sovereign power attached. See, e.g., Buckley, 424 U. S., at 137–138 (contrasting the “discretionary power to seek judicial relief ” with powers “of an investigative and informative nature,” which may “be regarded as merely in aid of the legislative function of Congress”). To suggest otherwise would come as a surprise to, among other congressionally chartered entities, the Boy Scouts of America, 112 Stat. 1325, the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturalists, ch. 876, 31 Stat. 1453, and Georgetown University, ch. 70, 6 Stat. 152.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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